This isn't about my F54 specifically - but I need advice on an online seller who sells all parts-Has anyone done business with New Generations Cooper?https://www.facebook.com/share/17FFL8BD1W/ They seem large and legitimate, but a few things seem possibly worrisome: I asked about some wheels that look great, price and shipping are spot on, I want to buy them. They even sent more photos. However, they are really pushing urgency on doing the deal. I started to look into the profile and I see lots of British plates and British buyers, but they say the wheels are in California and shipping is only $60 to get to me in Buffalo NY. Are you US.. or...? Also, they mentioned their PayPal is unavailable due to some problem (which does have some buyer protection), Venmo is unavailable, and they can do Zelle which doesn't offer any buyer protection - they REALLY started pushing urgency after I said I could Zelle. I don't want to picture a con rubbing his palms together going "He can Zelle!", and I also don't want to miss out on finally finding non-curbed wheels for my summer car. There's also a Telegram profile (I don't have Telegram) "new generation cooper garage" Can anyone vouch for this business? This seller?

 

Flipping through their Facebook, I do not get the warm and fuzzy... I would rather keep searching.

 

Pushing to pay through a non-protected payment method is a BIG RED FLAG!

 

I agree.
The pictures of nice scratch-free rims at a fair price is good, but too many other red flags.
I'll move on. Nobody on three Facebook MINI groups ever did business with them, nobody here, and everyone agrees it's pretty sketchy.

 

Exactly where in California are these wheels? Maybe someone here could sniff around a little or even arrange "local pickup" with some kind of creative payment arrangement.

 

That would be cool, thanks for the suggestion.
The wheels for my R52 S would be nice, but too many red flags. I'll see what I can find - even Ebay seems safer, honestly. I don't need them, they are a cosmetic upgrade.

I've actually been doing more searching for actual functional upgrades for my F54 JCW while it's freezing and snowy here...
I'm looking forward to getting the little convertible back, it's the Miata of Minis, but this was just a "price is right" thing. I have things for my JCW that I should do first anyway.